Fastener for gloves, &amp; c.



Patented Nov. I8, |902. J. V. WASHBURNE.

FASTENEB FUR GLOVES, 81.0.

(Application lad Apr. 8, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNrTnD STATES JAMES V. WASHBURNE, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

'FASTENER FOR GLOVES, 84C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,072, dated November18, 1902.

Application filed April 8,1901. Serial No. 54,791. (No model.) I

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Be it known that I, JAMES V. WASHBURNE, acitizen of the United States,residing at lVaterbury, in the county of New-Haven and State ofConnecticut,.have invented an Improvement in Fasteners for Gloves,Garments, tc., 0E which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fasteners for gloves, garments, dac., adapted tobe snapped into connection and so constructed that there is nointerference of the edges or rims with internal protruding parts. Iemploy similar cup-shaped members havinginWardly-turned side Walls,diering in size and having open centers, which parts are adapted to besnapped into connection at their rims. I further employ attaching partsconnectingr the cupshaped members with fiexiblelintervening material.Each attaching part has a diskhead and integral tubular stem. The stempasses through the iiexible material and open center of the cup-shapedmember and is upset to connect the parts. An acceptable iinish isimparted to the disk by a head which receives the disk, with its edgeoverturned thereon, the construction being such VVthat a second andlarger head may be secured to and outside of the first head in likemanner. The cup-shaped member is preferably formed in a die to have anannular internal out- Wardly-extending shoulder or rib and consequentexternal recess outside said riband around the open center, the partinterme;

diate and adjacent to which rib is preferably concaved internally toprovide a receivingchamber for the upset end of the tubular stem, theedge of which comes approximately at or below the plane of the saidshoulder or rib, so that the edge or rim of the cup-shaped memberreceived Within the larger cup-shaped member cannot contact With theupset edge of the tubular stem. Consequently the parts snap together andseparate smoothly and Without interference.

In the drawings, Figure lis a section of the blank for the cup-shapedmember. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a section ofthe cup-shaped member complete as stamped to provide the inwardly-turnedside Walls and the annular shoulder or rib, the groove, and centralconcave portion. Fig. 4L is an inverted plan of the same. Fig. 5 is asection of the attaching part. Fig. 6 is a sec-V tion of the same With aconnected head. Fig. 7 is a section of one member. Fig. 8 is a sectionof both connecting members.

a represents the cup-shaped member, having inWardly-turned-side Wallsand having the open center a. This cup-shaped member is stamped up froma dat blank and shaped from the form, Figs. 1 and 2, to provide the sameWith an annular internal outwardly-extending shoulder or rib a2 andconsequent groove external thereto, Fig. 3, and also to canse theintermediate portion of the inside of the cup-shaped member extendingbetween the shoulder and the edge of the open center a to be concave.

c, Fig. 5, represents the attaching disk part, having the stem cintegral therewith, the upper edges of Which latter are preferablytapering. This part is preferably provided with a head d', as shown inFig. 6.

In connecting the respective parts the porvtion c' of the disk part c ispassed through the fabrice and into the open center a of thecupshapedmember a, as shown in Fig. 7. By means of a suitable die the end of theportion c' is now upset and pressed over and outwardly against thesurface of the internallyconcave portion b of the cup-shaped member dWithin the shoulder a2, thus securing the parts, as shown in Fig. 8, andcompleting the garm'ent-fastner.

Referring to Fig. S, it is often desirable, particularly in the partcoming on the outside of the garment, to provide a larger head than theone immediately covering the disk part c. This may be accomplished byemploying a second head d of suitable size and turning overthe edge ofthe same into contact With the head d, as shown.

The fastener is so made that the cup-shaped member of one part issufficiently larger than the cup-shaped member of the other part toallow the former to be snapped over the latter to hold the memberstogether.

The principal features of this construction are the outward-extendingshoulder or-rib a2 in the cup-shaped member ct and themanvner ofupsetting the edge of the stem c of the attaching part cwithin theconcave portion b of the cup-shaped member ain such a Way that the upperportion of the upset end of c IOO isapproximately at or below the planeof the internal shoulder or rib a2. If in the act of connecting ordisconnecting the members the rim of the inner cup-shaped member reachesthe bottom of the outer member, it contacts with and bears upon theshoulder or rib a2 of the member aand can in no wise catch under oragainst the overturned portion of the stem c', but rather Will slideover the edge of the shoulder a2, and the movement will be smooth andregular and not interrupted.

I claim as my inventionl. In a snap-fastener for gloves, garments,

dac., a cup-shaped member having inwardly;

. diate of the shoulder and open center for re- 2. In a fastener forgloves, garments, dac., a

cup-shaped member having inwardly-turned side walls and an open center,an annular internal outwardly-extending shoulder or rib, a portionintermediate of the shoulder and open center, and an attaching parthaving a disk and integral tubular stem, the said tubular stem passingthroughintervening flexible material into the intermediate portion ofthe cup-shaped member and upset Within the limits of the annularinternal shoulder, substantially as vand for the purposes set forth.

3. In a fastener for gloves, garments, dac., a cup-shaped member havinginwardly-turned side walls and an open center, an annular internaloutwardly-extending shoulder or rib, a portion intermediate of theshoulderand open center, and an attaching part having a disk andintegral tubular stem, and a head secured to the disk and forming anish, the said tubular stem passing through intervening exible materialinto the intermediate portion of the cup-shaped member and upset withinthe limits of the annular internal shoulder, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

et. In a fastener for gloves, garments, dac., a cup-shaped member havinginwardly-turned side Walls and an open center, an annular internaloutwardly-extending shoulder or rib, an intermediate internally-concavedportion, a groove external to the shoulder and an at taching part havinga disk and integral tubular stem and a head secured to the disk andforming a finish, the tubular stem passing through the interveningflexible material into the intermediate internally-concaved portion ofthe cup-shaped member and upset below the plane ofthe internal shoulder,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a fastener for gloves, garments, dac., a cup-shaped member havinginwardly-turned side Walls and an open center, an annular internaloutwardly-extending shoulder or rib, an intermediate internally-concavedportion, a groove external to the shoulder and an attaching part havinga disk and integral tubular stem and a head of two parts of varyingsizes connected and secured to the disk and forming a finish, thetubular stein passing through theintervening iieXible material into theintermediate internally-concaved portion of the cup-shaped member andupset below the plane of the internal shoulder, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

Signed by me this 28th day of March, 1901.

JAMES V. WASHBURNE.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, A. HERRELL.

